UNFORGETTABLE
Coming back to Paris is always exciting and there were two exhibitions I was looking forward to. Two different exhibitions on Op art works. I saw them close together but will need a couple of days to digest the second one. They were both extraordinary events. I think that I «met» Julio Le Parc for the first time in 2008 at the ART ELYSEES- Foire d'art moderne et contemporain- Galerie Lelia Mordoch- in Paris and of course the permanent collection in the Modern Art Museum. There were two exhibitions that year on cinetic art or perhaps Op art, also known as optical art, which is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. "Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing." Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in black and white. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patt